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Daniel Yergin - ArticlesCalifornia Power Crisis Aftershock: The Potential Modification Of Western Power ContractsA recent set of decisions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit raises the prospect that market-based rate transactions, including billions of dollars worth of wholesale power contracts, entered into during the US West power crisis may be modified now, more than six years down the road. China and America Need Not Be Energy RivalsEnergy is markedly different from the other controversial matters that will be at the top of the US-Chinese Strategic Economic Dialogue, edition two, meeting this week in Washington. Commentary: Yergin Sees Clear Road Ahead For More Fuel-Efficient CarsThis week, legislation will emerge from committee, and almost certainly soon head to the floor of the U.S. Senate. It might not get that much notice in itself, but it ought to, because it tells you how much has changed on energy issues. Closing The Conservation Gap In Electric PowerToday, as U.S. electric power demand grows and environmental and energy security issues become more urgent, there is a growing concern that the current balance encourages the construction of new power plants rather than investment in the conservation of electric power. Biofuels In The U.S-Just The FactsBiofuels are hot. But how hot? Here are "just the facts." The Future Of Electricity-Center Of Gravity Shifting To AsiaThe global electric power landscape is changing fast, and increasingly, the action in it has been shifting to Asia. On average, in each of the last three years, China alone has added as much new generating capacity as all of existing capacity in Texas. The shift to Asia will continue. Security, Climate And TechnologyThe world today depends on fossil fuels to meet over 80 percent of its energy needs, a simple fact of the way the industrial world has grown up. But dependence brings with it major challenges placing places the United States and the world at an energy crossroads. Renewable Electric Power Takes OffRenewable electric power is beginning to soar. The current surge of activity, which has been accelerating over the last few years, is driven by several factors including environmental and sociopolitical considerations. Will Innovation Transform Energy?There has never before been so wide-ranging a drive for technological advance and breakthroughs. It affects every part of the energy industry, whether
one is talking about oil and natural gas, renewables and alternatives or efficiency and demand management.
The impact is evident in the oil and gas industry. Ethanol And Brazil: The New Global Energy Brand?When it comes to energy, Brazil is on its way to becoming a "global brand." Although the United States recently outpaced Brazil in ethanol production, Brazil is by far the leader in sugar-based ethanol.
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